Two Arm Linkage

Please enable Java for an interactive construction (with Cinderella).

Let A=(0,0), C=(x,y), B=(z,w). Then the "state" of the arm can be described as (x,y,z,w) in R4. A subset of the possible states is V(x2+y2-a2, (x-z)2+(y-w)2-b2)

Created by Eleanor Farrington with Cinderella

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